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Bitter Blood: Murdoch v. Murdoch

Written by: AYR Media
Narrated by: Alan Ruck
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  • Summary

  • Who will win the battle of succession?

    Rupert Murdoch is known as the media magnate who, over the course of 70 years, turned a small family newspaper company into the most powerful conservative media empire in history. With a net worth of almost $18 billion, he is not only one of the richest and most influential people on the planet, but his vast media empire has influenced governments and changed the course of history.

    Murdoch has been married four times and has fathered six children. He has exhibited a penchant for pitting his three middle children, Lachlan, James, and Elizabeth, against each other in lengthy competitions to become his favorite, and, therefore, heir to his businesses.

    In 2017, Murdoch announced to his children the unthinkable: that he’d be selling the biggest part of his media dynasty, 20th Century Fox. But only one of them could take the reins. Immediately, his children go to war, vying against each other for both their father's approval and his empire. The public and private feuds play out like Shakespearean tragedies, as the Murdoch family turns on one another in private and public displays of nepotism, sibling rivalry, entitlement, and international scandals.

    Narrated by Succession’s Alan Ruck, Bitter Blood Season 2: Murdoch v. Murdoch is a look at the inner workings of this famous family, told through exclusive interviews with key insiders, including employees, Murdoch biographers, and journalists. This is the tale of a family that battles for wealth and power at all costs, even if that means battling against each other until the bitter end.

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  • Trailer
    Mar 27 2023

    Who will win the battle of succession?

    Rupert Murdoch is known as the media magnate who, over the course of 70 years, turned a small family newspaper company into the most powerful conservative media empire in history. With a net worth of almost $18 billion, he is not only one of the richest and most influential people on the planet, but his vast media empire has influenced governments and changed the course of history.

    Murdoch has been married four times and has fathered six children. He has exhibited a penchant for pitting his three middle children, Lachlan, James, and Elizabeth, against each other in lengthy competitions to become his favorite, and, therefore, heir to his businesses.

    In 2017, Murdoch announced to his children the unthinkable: that he’d be selling the biggest part of his media dynasty, 20th Century Fox. But only one of them could take the reins. Immediately, his children go to war, vying against each other for both their father's approval and his empire. The public and private feuds play out like Shakespearean tragedies, as the Murdoch family turns on one another in private and public displays of nepotism, sibling rivalry, entitlement, and international scandals.

    Narrated by Succession’s Alan Ruck, Bitter Blood Season 2: Murdoch v. Murdoch is a look at the inner workings of this famous family, told through exclusive interviews with key insiders, including employees, Murdoch biographers, and journalists. This is the tale of a family that battles for wealth and power at all costs, even if that means battling against each other until the bitter end.

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  • Episode 1: You Will Not Have a Son
    Apr 6 2023

    Rupert Murdoch’s proposed sale of Fox’s entertainment properties to Disney causes friction between his children--Lachlan, James and Elisabeth--and raises new questions of who will become successor to the media mogul’s global empire.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 2: His Father’s Son
    Apr 6 2023

    The son of an ambitious and well-connected Australian newspaperman, a young Rupert Murdoch sets out to build a massive media empire with greater reach and influence than his father ever dreamed possible, conquering first Australia, then the UK and the United States, and finally, the world.

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    41 mins

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Heavy leftist bias at the end ruins it.

Started off pretty good, unfortunately the leftist bias keeps showing up. Presenting progressive left as good and right as liars and evil is not being objective. On top of that falling for the debunked "fine people hoax" and Jan 6 "insurrection" shows lack of research or honesty.

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